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title: Issue 16: July 4-11, 2019
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<p class="text-lead">Revuo Monero Weekly: Week of July 4 - July 11, 2019.</p>
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<h3>Table of Contents:</h3>
<ul class="contents">
<li><a href="#news">Recent News</a></li>
<li><a href="#events">Upcoming Events</a></li>
<li><a href="#ideas">CCS Proposal Ideas</a></li>
<li><a href="#proposals">CCS Proposals Need Funding</a></li>
<li><a href="#stats">Price & Blockchain Stats</a></li>
<li><a href="#merchant">Monero Merchant of the Week</a></li>
<li><a href="#volunteer">Volunteer Opportunities</a></li>
<li><a href="#donate">Donate</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="news">Recent News</h3>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/ca71ok/randomx_audit_status/" target="_blank">The third audit (by X41) of RandomX has been completed</a>, with minimal changes needed. One more to go!</h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4><a href="https://medium.com/circle-trader/poloniex-now-provides-card-and-bank-account-connectivity-for-crypto-trading-2d2cef175639" target="_blank">Poloniex now provides card and bank account connectivity for crypto trading</a>, including Monero, thereby providing another fiat gateway.
</h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/caohhj/finally_monero_game_is_finished/" target="_blank">A Monero game that was in the works by gscoders is finished</a>. Try it out in your browser or on Android.
</h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4><a href="https://monero.stackexchange.com/questions/11454/how-do-i-utilize-blockchain-pruning-in-the-gui-monero-wallet-gui" target="_blank">A guide on blockchain pruning with the GUI (v0.14.1.0)</a> is now available on StackExchange.
</h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/ca881k/update_announcement_a_monero_mining_pool_server/" target="_blank">Update announcement: A Monero mining pool server written in C</a>.</h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4>Vanity Monero, a funny tool which allow to create personalized Monero addresses, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/ca5n3c/create_your_personalized_monero_address_with/" target="_blank">has joined the Monero Ecosystem project</a>.</h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4>Anonimal posted <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/cbahaw/security_advisory_vrp_summary_october_2018/" target="_blank">a report on the past half-year of the Vulnerability Response Process (VRP) Workgroup</a></h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4>Cake Wallet posted <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/cb0p07/accounts_and_subaddresses_in_cake_wallet/" target="_blank">a clarification on the roles of accounts and subaddresses</a> in the app.</h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4>Justin “sgp” Ehrenhofer released <a href="https://twitter.com/JEhrenhofer/status/1147999453066010625" target="_blank">some stats about the viewership of the Monero Community Workgroup channel</a> (where MoneroKon videos, Breaking Monero, and the Coffee Chats are hosted).</h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4>The cryptocurrency news site Crypto Briefing released <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/utility-monero-konferenco/" target="_blank">a second article covering different aspects of the recent Monero Konferenco</a>.</h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4>Trailofbits, one of the auditors of RandomX, put out an <a href="https://blog.trailofbits.com/2019/07/02/state/" target="_blank">article detailing the protocol</a>.</h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4>CurrentCrypto released an <a href="https://currentcrypto.nl/monero/" target="_blank">article on Monero in Dutch</a>.</h4>
</div>
<h3 id="events">Upcoming Events</h3>
<div class="event">
<p class="date">July 13, 2019 (Saturday) 17:00 UTC</p>
<p>DefCon27 Workgroup Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-community" target="_blank">#monero-community</a> IRC channel</p>
</div>
<div class="event">
<p class="date" markdown="1">July 14, 2019 (Sunday) 17:00 UTC</p>
<p markdown="1">Dev Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-dev" target="_blank">#monero-dev</a> IRC channel</p>
</div>
<div class="event">
<p class="date" markdown="1">July 15, 2019 (Monday) 17:00 UTC</p>
<p markdown="1">Research Lab Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-research-lab" target="_blank">#monero-research-lab</a> IRC channel</p>
</div>
<div class="event">
<p class="date" markdown="1">July 16, 2019 (Tuesday) 17:00 UTC</p>
<p markdown="1">Monero GUI Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-gui" target="_blank">#monero-gui</a> IRC channel</p>
</div>
<div class="event">
<p class="date">July 20, 2019 (Saturday) 16:00 UTC</p>
<p>DefCon27 Workgroup Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-community" target="_blank">#monero-community</a> IRC channel</p>
</div>
<div class="event">
<p class="date" markdown="1">July 20, 2019 (Saturday) 17:00 UTC</p>
<p markdown="1">Community Workgroup Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-community" target="_blank">#monero-community</a> IRC channel</p>
</div>
<h3 id="ideas">CCS Proposal Ideas</h3>
<p>Below you can find recent CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.</p>
<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/85" target="_blank">Port Electron GUI to Monero</a></p>
</div>
<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/84" target="_blank">v1docq47: video creation / translations into russian (august - january)</a></p>
</div>
<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/81" target="_blank">Increase the Adoption of Monero at Avantpay|19 Conference</a></p>
</div>
<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/78" target="_blank">Pre-paid Gifting Wallets</a></p>
</div>
<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/58" target="_blank">Monero currency and blockchain statistics hub</a></p>
</div>
<h3 id="proposals">CCS Proposals Need Funding</h3>
<p>None. All funded! But keep a look out for proposals in the future, or donate to the General Fund (<a href="#donate">donation address</a> at the bottom of the Revuo).</p>
<h3 id="stats">Price & Blockchain Stats</h3>
<h4 class="stat">Blockchain Stats</h4>
<div class="bcstats">
<p>Block height: <b>1876330</b></p>
<p>Median block size: <b>292.97 kB</b></p>
<p>Hash rate: <b>328.138 MH/s</b></p>
<p>Average Tx per block: <b>8.82</b></p>
<p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>3371</b></p>
<p>Block reward: <b>2.58 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on July 11, 2019</p>
<h4 class="stat">Hashrate Pool Distribution</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0711.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>
<h4 class="stat">Price & Performance</h4>
<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b> $1,603,183,712</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$94.44</b></div>
<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
<tr class="row1">
<th>XMR to</th>
<th>07/11/19</th>
<th>Week</th>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Year</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
<td data-th="07/11/19">$93.83</td>
<td data-th="Week" class="green">+3.8%</td>
<td data-th="Month" class="green">+8.1%</td>
<td data-th="Year" class="red">-22.6%</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row3">
<td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
<td data-th="07/11/19">€83.36</td>
<td data-th="Week" class="green">+4.1%</td>
<td data-th="Month" class="green">+8.7%</td>
<td data-th="Year" class="red">-19.4%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
<td data-th="07/11/19">Ƀ0.00803317</td>
<td data-th="Week" class="green">+6.7%</td>
<td data-th="Month" class="red">-26.0%</td>
<td data-th="Year" class="red">-58.3%</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on July 11, 2019</p>
<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for July 5 - July 11, 2019</p>
![XMR Price Graph 07/05/28/19-07/11/19](/img/weekly-chart-0711.png "XMR Price Graph 07/05/19-07/11/19")
Sources: <a href="https://community.xmr.to/explorer/mainnet/" target="_blank">community.xmr.to</a>, <a href="https://moneroblocks.info/stats/transaction-stats" target="_blank">moneroblocks.info</a>, <a href="https://minexmr.com/pools.html" target="_blank">minexmr.com</a>, <a href="https://bitinfocharts.com/monero/" target="_blank">bitinfocharts.com</a>, <a href="https://www.coingecko.com/" target="_blank">coingecko.com</a>, <a href="https://localmonero.co/" target="_blank">localmonero.co</a>
<h3 id="merchant">Monero Merchant of the Week</h3>
<a href="http://coinhost.io/" target="_blank"><img src="/img/coinhost-logo.png" alt="Coinhost Logo"></a>
<a href="http://coinhost.io/" target="_blank">Coinhost.io Web Services</a> was founded in 2015 with the purpose of deploying a valuable service powered by cryptocurrency, backed by industry veterans and passionate support.
Their partnerships, experience, and enthusiasm coupled with cryptocurrency allows for Coinhost to provide a transparent pricing model for their partners, affiliates, and resellers.
Motto: Cryptocurrency Accepted, Privacy Respected.
<i>Check back next week for another organization or project that accepts Monero for their goods and services.</i>
<h3 id="volunteer">Volunteer Opportunities</h3>
<p>If you want to get involved in making Monero better, but arent sure how, check out the volunteer opportunities below.</p>
<div class="newsbyte">
<p class="date"><a href="https://github.com/i2p-zero/i2p-zero/releases" target="_blank">Test I2P-Zero</a></p>
<p>Download I2P Zero for your machine, follow the direction in the README, and report any issues to the Issue tracker on GitHub, or IRC channel #i2p-zero.</p>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<p class="date"><a href="https://github.com/monero-project/monero" target="_blank">Test Monero Core Software</a></p>
<p>Anyone with moderate technical ability is encouraged to try to build and run Monero nightlies. Do not trust it with your Monero, but feel free to open an Issue on Github as problems arise. Instructions to build on your OS of choice can be found <a href="https://github.com/monero-project/monero#compiling-monero-from-source" target="_blank">on GitHub</a>. </p>
</div>
<h3 id="donate">Donate</h3>
<p markdown="1">If you enjoy this publication and want to support it, we encourage you to donate to the Monero General Fund, using the following address:</p>
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